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. >>> plus, the united states relationship in the middle east are being tested. we have reporters on the ground across the region. >>> but first a look ahead at the schedule of president obama and mitt romney. president obama in las vegas. don't be surprised if you see him. he has no public events but bet we see him go get a hamburger or something and mitt romney has rally tonight when he gets to denver. that's where we're going to be tonight. you're watch dnd only on nbc. overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we knoweth what to do with. now that's progressive. >>> the florida republican party has filed around election complaint against a firm that the republican national committee hired to registe
. >>> plus, the united states relationship in the middle east are being tested. we have reporters on the ground across the region. >>> but first a look ahead at the schedule of president obama and mitt romney. president obama in las vegas. don't be surprised if you see him. he has no public events but bet we see him go get a hamburger or something and mitt romney has rally tonight when he gets to denver. that's where we're going to be tonight. you're watch dnd only on nbc....
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they say they're being devastateded by the import of mexican tomatoes into the united states. lower costs than florida and then, the politics gets ratcheted up. they get letters talking about the precarious situation of florida tomato growers. senator bill nelson, up for re-election, writes a letter to the commerce department. i believe time is of the essence in this matter. he says he's talking about the growing season, but you get an election season letter, time is of the essence, debbie wasserman schultz, not a lot of tomato growers in those condos in broward county. she writes a letter to the commerce department on behalf of this and also, shelley brown and dick durbin. why you got workers involved. the worker agreement to help conditions of florida growers, so they also write letters. who gets the letters? that's where you got to follow the dots on this. the top decision maker at commerce market, francisco sanchez, a florida lawyer ran for mayor of tampa. obama campaign bundler in '08. had been a top leader in the hispanic committee for obama. he's the political appointee
they say they're being devastateded by the import of mexican tomatoes into the united states. lower costs than florida and then, the politics gets ratcheted up. they get letters talking about the precarious situation of florida tomato growers. senator bill nelson, up for re-election, writes a letter to the commerce department. i believe time is of the essence in this matter. he says he's talking about the growing season, but you get an election season letter, time is of the essence, debbie...
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because for seven years he's been running for president of the united states. for the last year he's been criticizing the president for syria in afghanistan, policy in middle east, policy in israel. last nim he came in and agreed. the american people cannot trust mitt romney. >> why do you think he did it? >> i think he wants to -- he thought he could come in, agree, and fool people. he can hide his real vision and people would think, he's reasonable. the people who got us into rack, who broke up american's relationship, satisfied to are torture as an american policy, and he doesn't want people to think he would go back there. >> why don't you -- why don't you believe this is genuine? >> from mitt romney? >> yeah. >> because he's had -- look n massachusetts people know him well. he's probably 20 to 25 points behind -- >> is he a moderate governor? >> let me finish. no. let me finish. he's 20 to 25 points behind in his home state. he's probably the first governor to run for president will not carry his home state because people who know him the best trust him th
because for seven years he's been running for president of the united states. for the last year he's been criticizing the president for syria in afghanistan, policy in middle east, policy in israel. last nim he came in and agreed. the american people cannot trust mitt romney. >> why do you think he did it? >> i think he wants to -- he thought he could come in, agree, and fool people. he can hide his real vision and people would think, he's reasonable. the people who got us into...
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that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> biden clarified his remarks saying, quote, the middle class was buried by policies that romney and ryan supported. the romney campaign tries to make the stick calling a conference call and then holding a press conference in denver this morning. no doubt we'll hear more about the comments tonight from romney as he tries to draw attention away from his own 47% remark. there is a quick look at tonight's format. there are no opening statements. the president will answer the opening questions. the debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments. the president and romney will each get two minutes to answer an initial question in each topic area but then timing will be left to the moderator's discretion. since obama won a coin toss he won the choice and romney got the choice of if he wants the first or second closing statement. he will be the last person you hear from at tonight's debate. it's going to be a good one. it is fitting that the debate is in colorado. both candidates have spen
that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> biden clarified his remarks saying, quote, the middle class was buried by policies that romney and ryan supported. the romney campaign tries to make the stick calling a conference call and then holding a press conference in denver this morning. no doubt we'll hear more about the comments tonight from romney as he tries to draw attention away from his own 47% remark. there is a quick look...
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it wasn't clear to me it was in the interest of the united states to give that last nudge. it raised questions in place like bahrain and saudi arabia as to whether we would stand by our man. and from my point of view, probably unwise. >> but if we hadn't -- if we had kept him there, the argument then was that only fuels the typical anti-american, they always stand by these -- >> fair enough. >> benign dictators. >> fair enough. difficult choices. and that's a legitimate call. mubarak himself was prepared to see he was going. not run again. so we were talking a couple months at that point. and look, what i think you're highlighting, there's no easy choices in these things. the middle east is the middle east. and in every one of these situations, iran, libya, syria, these are tough calls. there's no easy options anymore. and i think that's the beginning of quite honestly wisdom. >> richard haass, always a wise hand to have on. we're going to have you tonight on our nbc news coverage. appreciate it. good to see you up there. >> thanks. >>> we've got the super size panel, since
it wasn't clear to me it was in the interest of the united states to give that last nudge. it raised questions in place like bahrain and saudi arabia as to whether we would stand by our man. and from my point of view, probably unwise. >> but if we hadn't -- if we had kept him there, the argument then was that only fuels the typical anti-american, they always stand by these -- >> fair enough. >> benign dictators. >> fair enough. difficult choices. and that's a legitimate...
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he's authored the most destructive budget the united states has ever seen. >> if by running on the national ticket, is he not answering these same questions that voters in a swing district like the first congressional district of wisconsin? isn't he answering these questions? >> they're seeing a side of paul ryan they've never seen before. the national spotlight has not been very kind in his positions. he co-sponsored hr-3 with todd akin, redefining rape, and he wrote a budget that calls for killing medicare. >> everybody thinks it kills medicare. it is the premium support. and he redid it. he reconfigured his plan because it was getting so much criticism. >> it's no longer the guaranteed benefit medicare is. it turns it into a voucher program. if you're using that program to opt into medicare or going out and buying private insurance. nobody feels it's going to meet the need of an aging population. >> you have had a surge in fu fund-raisi fund-raising. you outraised paul ryan's congressional committee in the last period. are you running tv ads? are you getting a debate? are you getting any
he's authored the most destructive budget the united states has ever seen. >> if by running on the national ticket, is he not answering these same questions that voters in a swing district like the first congressional district of wisconsin? isn't he answering these questions? >> they're seeing a side of paul ryan they've never seen before. the national spotlight has not been very kind in his positions. he co-sponsored hr-3 with todd akin, redefining rape, and he wrote a budget that...
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geez, the likelihood of a 50%-50% united states nsenate is -- >> if. the senate tied 50-50, then the sitting vice president -- you have a new congress but the sitting vice president, who is also the president of the senate -- >> joe biden -- >> -- would cast the deciding vote. >> we say this. there is no -- we weren't sure if this was possible. you said there would probably be an objection from a republican senator saying joe biden shouldn't be able to cast the tie vote on this specific vote. what would then happen? >> two answers to that. one is the constitution does say that whenever there's a tie vote in the senate, the president of the senate casts the tie vote. in essence the constitution answers the question. but if there was still a question about it, the senate parliamentarian would rule and then the senate would vote on that. and on that it would be clear the vice president could cast the deciding vote. >> i want to go back to the issue of faithless electors. my theory on this has been, if we do have a 269-269, we have this sort of potential c
geez, the likelihood of a 50%-50% united states nsenate is -- >> if. the senate tied 50-50, then the sitting vice president -- you have a new congress but the sitting vice president, who is also the president of the senate -- >> joe biden -- >> -- would cast the deciding vote. >> we say this. there is no -- we weren't sure if this was possible. you said there would probably be an objection from a republican senator saying joe biden shouldn't be able to cast the tie vote...
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you're the president of the united states. you have all the resources to draw on. he's been in nevada preparing for it. and then he showed up, or didn't show up, depending on your point of view, and was inadequate. it seemed if he had shown up for a morning briefing at the white house in july of this year on a thursday, he would have been more engaged than he was last night. >> you were with the jefferson county voters. how do you think they reacted to the debate? >> well, my guess is they got a lot of detail, which is what they are looking for from romney. and the two business owners. one was in commercial real estate. therm leaning in that direction. i wouldn't be surprised if they moved that way. with the support that exists for both candidates is still kind of soft. >> softer than people realize. tom brokaw, we'll see you. maybe danville. with round one done, the political panel joins me here in denver for a look at where the race goes. soup of the day. today we need chicken noodle. . check out the facebook page for a behind the scenes look at the show from her
you're the president of the united states. you have all the resources to draw on. he's been in nevada preparing for it. and then he showed up, or didn't show up, depending on your point of view, and was inadequate. it seemed if he had shown up for a morning briefing at the white house in july of this year on a thursday, he would have been more engaged than he was last night. >> you were with the jefferson county voters. how do you think they reacted to the debate? >> well, my guess...
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states, i applaud co colin for standing with him. >> race-based endorsement and sununu issued this "colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made and i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies." he didn't deal with that and seemed to claim that wasn't the question. imagine if the other side had alleged if ross perot made his endorsement of mitt romney solely because mitt romney was white. anyway, the president has his own set of problems to deal with. brian williams asked the president whether he was happy with the intelligence he received as the benghazi attack was unfolding and with what he was able to learn in its aftermath. here's how the president responded. >> we'll do a full investigation. obviously when four americans are killed, you know, you have to do some soul searching in terms of making sure that all our systems are where they need to be. >> and then there was this little kerfuffle, in an interview in "rolling stone" he joked he does well in the 6 to 12-year-old demographic set and he added, you kno
states, i applaud co colin for standing with him. >> race-based endorsement and sununu issued this "colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made and i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies." he didn't deal with that and seemed to claim that wasn't the question. imagine if the other side had alleged if ross perot made his endorsement of mitt romney solely because mitt romney was white. anyway, the...
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the fact is the united states is on an unsustainable course. at stake is nothing less than our position in the world. our standard of living at home and our constitutional freedoms. that is why i'm endorsing mitt romney for president. look, don't ignore this endorsement. ross perot is associated with one issue, the deficit. three states is where this -- where the deficit issue animates the most, virginia, colorado, iowa. iowa has the oldest population, therefore, the longest memory of per row. you sort of can connect the dots there. only a few other endorsements that carry credibility like per rose, colin powell, michael bloomberg, joe lieberman, those types of folks. one to watch. don't ignore it. finally through a debate that will tackle foreign and domestic issues you can the security lapses is sure to come up and libia. traveling in peru, secretary of state hillary clinton did a series of issues and claimed full responsibility for bengh i benghazi. >> i am in charge of the state department, 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 post. t
the fact is the united states is on an unsustainable course. at stake is nothing less than our position in the world. our standard of living at home and our constitutional freedoms. that is why i'm endorsing mitt romney for president. look, don't ignore this endorsement. ross perot is associated with one issue, the deficit. three states is where this -- where the deficit issue animates the most, virginia, colorado, iowa. iowa has the oldest population, therefore, the longest memory of per row....
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. >> i want everybody to waste their vote on me and i'm the next president of the united states. >> fair enough, governor johnson. thanks for coming in this morning. >>> the vp debate is in the books. i am a panel here toll look at the chapter in the next race. first, soup of the day, the president is there. do you think he likes coconut crab? i guess. he's hawaiian. wouldn't be my favorite. we'll be right back. after working on the computer all day, you'd think i want to stay away from it at night. truth is, i like to stay connected with friends. but all that screen time can really dry me out. so i use visine. aah. it revives me, so i can get poked, winked, and -- ooh -- party all night long. only visine has hydroblend -- a unique blend of three moisturizers that soothe, restore, and protect to keep me comfortable for up to 10 hours. pirate party, here i co-- uh, honey? visine with hydroblend. find it in these visine products. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for
. >> i want everybody to waste their vote on me and i'm the next president of the united states. >> fair enough, governor johnson. thanks for coming in this morning. >>> the vp debate is in the books. i am a panel here toll look at the chapter in the next race. first, soup of the day, the president is there. do you think he likes coconut crab? i guess. he's hawaiian. wouldn't be my favorite. we'll be right back. after working on the computer all day, you'd think i want to...
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the stores in the united states they were only up by 0.7% for september. the analysts have been looking for up 1.7%. you wonder if that is a one off because of september. we had heard from some other companies like southwest yesterday who said that they really struggled with the economy in september but october's numbers had been better and we don't have mcdonald's october numbers yet. i wonder if that was a bobble. in europe, the numbers for mcdonald's, their sales actually were can -- what they said their numbers were okay but it was because pricing had come in instead of traffic. traffic trends were actually down in europe and, chuck, the same thing caught me by surprise because usually in really tough times you'll see people coming in for the dollar menu or the euro menu. in europe it tells you things are so bad the traffic is actually down. that means people aren't going out at all if they're not going out to mcdonald's. >> all right. becky quinn, earnings season. that will have the impact. by the way, we get state by state unemployment rates in about
the stores in the united states they were only up by 0.7% for september. the analysts have been looking for up 1.7%. you wonder if that is a one off because of september. we had heard from some other companies like southwest yesterday who said that they really struggled with the economy in september but october's numbers had been better and we don't have mcdonald's october numbers yet. i wonder if that was a bobble. in europe, the numbers for mcdonald's, their sales actually were can -- what...
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i'm running to be united states senator. >> obama had tougher competition in 2008 and displayed weaknesses during the primaries, a tendency to ramble and sometimes distant. there was a moment in south carolina when brian williams asked him how he would respond to a terrorist attack. >> senator obama, if god forbid a thousand times while we were gather here tonight two american cities had been hit by terrorists and further learned it had been the work of al qaeda, how would you change the u.s. military stance overseas as a result? >> the first we'd have to do is make sure we have an effective emergency response. something that this administration failed to do when he had a hurricane in new orleans. and i think we have to review how we operate in the event of not only a natural disaster, but also a terrorist attack. >> so he went emergency response, katrina, fema. he tried to redeem himself by adding that enemies of the u.s. have to be hunted down. the breakthrough came through the 14th primary face-off when asking hillary clinton about eliot spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illeg
i'm running to be united states senator. >> obama had tougher competition in 2008 and displayed weaknesses during the primaries, a tendency to ramble and sometimes distant. there was a moment in south carolina when brian williams asked him how he would respond to a terrorist attack. >> senator obama, if god forbid a thousand times while we were gather here tonight two american cities had been hit by terrorists and further learned it had been the work of al qaeda, how would you...
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in the united states of america, our president can't seem to get the story straight and it was totally dishonest last night. >> except you just made the case stronger, arguably, than governor romney did? >> no. i think what the president did last night was stunning, to claim that he called what happened in libya a terrorist attack in the rose garden was stunning. >> you don't believe the acts of terror -- >> come on. let's assume for a second that the president always said that it was a terrorist attack. he said it was a terrorist attack in the rose garden. let's erase everything that jay carney has said for the days leading after that. why, then, would you send in your ambassador to the united nations on "meet the press" a few days later and say, no, it was not a terrorist attack. this was a spontaneous attack spurred on youtube? this is is an easy case to prove that the president and state department didn't know what was going on or purposely being dishonest in order to get through the next several days of the campaign. >> i want you to respond to -- everybody had a focus group. i wa
in the united states of america, our president can't seem to get the story straight and it was totally dishonest last night. >> except you just made the case stronger, arguably, than governor romney did? >> no. i think what the president did last night was stunning, to claim that he called what happened in libya a terrorist attack in the rose garden was stunning. >> you don't believe the acts of terror -- >> come on. let's assume for a second that the president always...
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>> i think he wants to be president of 100% of all of the people in the united states. he has to address concerns to more moderate people that he has that sensitivity. i think he proved that as governor of massachusetts. >> do you think he had waited too long to do that? >> that's the way we have to go. and i looked at what he did in massachusetts. he went across the aisle, went with the legislature that was 87% democrat and got things done. and i think he has to prove that to the american people, i think if he's going to win, he's got the republicans. if he has to win the middle. and he has to go out and talk about how he can bring this country together and get things done. >> there wasn't lots of time to responder how you forged these alliances. to lot the undermining of the administration which is kind of unthinkable given the times we were in. it was a time of national emergency but nonetheless, that's what we faceded. is that the way you saw it? >> i don't see that. republicans have to do what they plead philosophically, right, but republicans are ready and willing
>> i think he wants to be president of 100% of all of the people in the united states. he has to address concerns to more moderate people that he has that sensitivity. i think he proved that as governor of massachusetts. >> do you think he had waited too long to do that? >> that's the way we have to go. and i looked at what he did in massachusetts. he went across the aisle, went with the legislature that was 87% democrat and got things done. and i think he has to prove that to...
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chrysler ceo said in a statement jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the united states and will con sstitute th backbone of the grand. it is inaccurate to suggest anything different. a gm spokesman told the detroit news, quote, we've clearly enter ed some parallel universe during the last few days, no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish the record of creating jobs in the united states. remember, this new romney jeep ad claims that all factual statements in it, the implication is different, but the statements themselves say jeep is being built in china, which the ad says for the implication, of course, is this idea that they're moving some operations out of ohio to china and that's what both gm and chrysler are fighting back on is that perception. ohio papers pummeling romney for the ad. they called it a ploy in an editorial yesterday and said romney is flailing in ohio. and don't forget that detroit, where the free press is heavily criticized romney is next door to northwest ohio. romney is campaigning in florida today. virginia tomorrow. and thos
chrysler ceo said in a statement jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the united states and will con sstitute th backbone of the grand. it is inaccurate to suggest anything different. a gm spokesman told the detroit news, quote, we've clearly enter ed some parallel universe during the last few days, no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish the record of creating jobs in the united states. remember, this new romney jeep ad claims that all factual statements in...
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states. he's at 248. give him the west, colorado, nevada, he is still short and needs to find seven others. right now the president is ahead in wisconsin and i haven't seen evidence otherwise. the president appears to be ahead in new hampshire. so look what that leaves us. 269. well, i'll be darn, look how close that is. he can get to 269. he can get there. he'd have to somehow win new hampshire or ohio. this gets very tough without ohio. this sort of upper tier connection there. new hampshire, wisconsin, ohio, those are the three states where it's my understanding that the president has not seen his lead erode down to dead even. all of the other states after the debate, romney has pumped up to either make it even or even take the lead in a place like, for instance, florida or virginia. all right. the obama campaign is leaving nothing to chance. the boss will hit the buckeye state for the president this week. bruce springs teen will team up with former president clinton for a rally on thursda
states. he's at 248. give him the west, colorado, nevada, he is still short and needs to find seven others. right now the president is ahead in wisconsin and i haven't seen evidence otherwise. the president appears to be ahead in new hampshire. so look what that leaves us. 269. well, i'll be darn, look how close that is. he can get to 269. he can get there. he'd have to somehow win new hampshire or ohio. this gets very tough without ohio. this sort of upper tier connection there. new hampshire,...
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we wondered if romney would have to drop one of his favorite quotes, that the united states has been above 8%. >> if you look back 60 years and you look at all the months we had of unemployment over 8%. under this president there's been 43 months, under one president alone. >> you see governor mcdonnell back there, his hair still looks good even if it's soaking wet. romney showed that softer sides on that temperaturing speech talking about a dying 14-year-old boy he befriended from the san francisco show "saturday night lights jrktsz. >> david didn't make it, but he did not lose, david's one of my heroes rp heroes, he's one of the confidence builders i have in america's future. >> romney's retooled speech is evidence of a growing role of ann romney and the couple's oldest son tag in the campaign that they're the ones pushing candidate romney to humanize himself, play all the charitable size. yesterday romney also passed out mcdonald's to reporters and had an impromptu rope line where he shook the hands of fourth and fifth graders. the next potential turning point in the campaign will
we wondered if romney would have to drop one of his favorite quotes, that the united states has been above 8%. >> if you look back 60 years and you look at all the months we had of unemployment over 8%. under this president there's been 43 months, under one president alone. >> you see governor mcdonnell back there, his hair still looks good even if it's soaking wet. romney showed that softer sides on that temperaturing speech talking about a dying 14-year-old boy he befriended from...
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states, fema administrator craig fugate had this to say moments ago on the "today" show about recovery operations. >> because it's still raining and now with this blizzard in west virginia, our concern is primarily life safety and then we'll get to the critical infrastructure. we've got hospitals, nursing homes impacted, power outages. the list of things is enormous. first thing is, keep people alive, keep people safe, rescue those in danger. >> well, in just one day, maryland was hit with driving rains from winds and snow. residents in ocean city evacuated, dozens of roads and bridges throughout the region remain closed this morning. joining me now is anthony brown. lieutenant governor brown, thanks for coming on this morning. give me an assessment, where do things stand in the state of maryland of power outages, bridges closed, open, et cetera. what can you tell me? >> okay. i think the worst of wind and rain is behind us. and while we continue on life safety operations and the continuation of government operations. right now maryland is recovering. so we've opened up all of our brid
states, fema administrator craig fugate had this to say moments ago on the "today" show about recovery operations. >> because it's still raining and now with this blizzard in west virginia, our concern is primarily life safety and then we'll get to the critical infrastructure. we've got hospitals, nursing homes impacted, power outages. the list of things is enormous. first thing is, keep people alive, keep people safe, rescue those in danger. >> well, in just one day,...